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Vatne, S./ J. Asplund/ Y. Gauslaa 2011: Contents of carbon based defence compounds in the old forest lichen Lobaria pulmonaria vary along environmental gradients. - Fungal Ecology 4(5): 350-355. [RLL List # 224 / Rec.# 33114]
Keywords: Altitude/ CBSC/ Gastropods/ Grazing damage/ Herbivory/ Lichen compounds/ Soil pH/ Stictic acid
Abstract: We quantified carbon based secondary compounds (CBSC) in 182 Lobaria pulmonaria thalli sampled in a range of forest types along an elevation gradient in southern Norway to assess the importance of external and internal factors as a source of variation for the CBSC content. The best multiple regression model for CBSC content included altitude, soil pH, dry weight (DW) per area and thallus size. Total CBSC content decreased with altitude and increased with pH. L. pulmonaria maximizes its CBSC content in sites with long gastropod grazing seasons (lowland forests) and high gastropod abundance (calcareous soils). Secondly, we assessed grazing damage in the L. pulmonaria thalli to test the hypothesis that natural populations of gastropods respond to the CBSC level in situ. We found a significantly negative correlation between the stictic acid concentration and grazing damage from gastropods, which is consistent with an evolutionary arms race between lichens and gastropods. This relationship became stronger when using the tree trunk as a factor in the ANCOVA, consistent with spatial variation in gastropod occurrences. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd and The British Mycological Society.
Genera/Families: Lobariaceae/ Lobaria
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